ILLINOIS JACQUET Birthday Party Groove Note 1003 NM AUDIOPHILE LP ROY HAYNES
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ILLINOIS JACQUET~Birthday Party~Groove Note 1003~NM AUDIOPHILE LP~ROY HAYNES ILLINOIS JACQUET~Birthday Party~Groove Note 1003~NM AUDIOPHILE LP~ROY HAYNES
Illinois Jacquet ?– Birthday Party
Groove Note ?– GRV1003-1
1 LP + 1 12" IN NEAR MINT CONDITION!
180 GRAM PRESSING!
ISSUED IN 1999.
Recorded to celebrate Jacquet's 50th birthday, this date is an all-star collaboration with some of the greatest names in jazz: Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Joe Newman, Art Farmer, Jimmy Smith (on piano,) Gerry Mulligan, Jack Six, and Roy Haynes. It comes off loose and free, as if no charts were thrown at the musicians and they simply went at these three standards (two being movie-theme ballads), along with two of Jacquet's numbers, completely off the cuff. Moody leads on flute for the sultry bossa "Ebb Tide," with Farmer playing flugelhorn and Jacquet only getting his feet wet later in the bridge; all three counter jab near the end. "The Shadow of Your Smile" is more typical, with Burrell leading, Jacquet's mushy, blues-drenched tenor playing the melody, and Moody's flute filling whatever cracks crop up. The low-down "Birthday Party Blues" ballad is set up by Burrell and Six; Mulligan and Newman traipse through the midsection of this ten-minute jam, while Illinois' woodwind howls and the others chime in a bit. "Polka Dots & Moonbeams" is all Jacquet's, and he takes the baton, although Six goes it alone twice, and Burrell takes the rhythm section on solos. The cover of "On the Beach" is a hard, rip-roaring swinger that runs over 13 minutes, with the birthday boy leading and others to follow. Moody's smoother tenor provides a fine contrast to Jacquet's signature Texas edge; Newman's great muted trumpet with the rhythm trio is only further evidence that he should not continue being an uncrowned king.
Tracklist
A1 Ebb Tide 4:00
A2 Birthday Party Blues 10:00
A3 The Shadow Of Your Smile 5:00
B1 On The Beach 13:00
B2 Polka Dots & Moon Beams 4:00
A1 Birthday Party Blues
B1 The Shadow Of Your Smile
Baritone Saxophone – Gerry Mulligan
Bass – Jack Six
Drums – Roy Haynes
Executive Producer – Ting Tan
Flugelhorn – Art Farmer
Flute – James Moody
Guitar – Kenny Burrell
Liner Notes – Christopher Lydon
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Tenor Saxophone – Illinois Jacquet, James Moody
Trumpet – Joe Newman
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (LP)): GRV 1003A BG
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (LP)): GRV 1003B BG
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (12")): GRV 1003-45A Bernie Grundman
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (12")): GRV 1003-B45 Bernie Grundman
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